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Fortunes changed for five UFC weight classes

After UFC's most ambitious week in its history, with shows on three straight nights, and with the last event of the year coming up on Saturday, it's amazing to look back at the year that was.

Largely due to the rise of Ronda Rousey as a mainstream celebrity, and Conor McGregor as the most charismatic star fighter in company history, UFC has had its biggest year since 2010 if not ever. That was coming off a down year, where there was growing talk of UFC being lost past its peak and that pay-per-view was a dying business.

It's been a year of shocks and changes.